I have looked for much information on the web for social studies grades 1-6, and since the curriculum change in 2013 there are few free resources. Trying to find free material on the web has taken hundreds of hours, with little success. Therefore, this year (2015) I am changing all the social studies pages for grades 1-6 and using the Nelson online etexts instead. They have just come out with the online text version for all grades, and they will be added to the Ontario Trillium list soon. This is a better route to go, because this way I’m sure that I’m covering all that is required for this course. Also, the 1 year registration is very reasonably priced at $12.50 per grade. With the initial material there for the children to learn, it is much easier to just find workbooks or free worksheets to reinforce their learning.
Any lessons that were here before 2015, have been deleted and will be updated with daily lessons taken from the online etext. However, this will not be done until I have a child in that grade. That means that for the 2015-2016 school year, only grades 4 & 6 will be done.
Unit 1: Early Societies
Lesson 1
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 0-9. Take special note of “The Big Ideas” covered in this unit.
Lesson 2
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 10-13. Answer the questions relating to the photo in your workbook.
Chapter 1
Lesson 3
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 14-15.
Lesson 4
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 16-17. Answer the questions relating to the photo in your workbook.
Lesson 5
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 18-19. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
~ Explore this website that shows you all about Medieval Castles.
Lesson 6
~ Watch this video series on Medieval Europe for a better understanding on what life was like for people then.
Lesson 7
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 20-23. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 8
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 24-27. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
~ Watch this short video summary of the Indus Valley Civilization.
~ You can also explore the BBC kids website and all they have to show you about the Indus Valley Civilization. Photos and Quizzes!
Lesson 9
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 28-31. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply and complete the chapter summary exercises. Take 2 lesson period to do so if necessary.
Chapter 2
Lesson 10
~ Watch this
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 32-35. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 11
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 36-39. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 12
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 40-43. Answer the questions and complete the chapter review.
Lesson 13
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 44-47. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 14
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 48-49. Complete the chapter summary exercises.
Chapter 3
Lesson 15
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 50-53. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 16
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 54-57. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 17
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 58-61. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 18
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 62-65. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 19
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 66-67. Complete the chapter summary exercises.
Chapter 4
Lesson 20
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 68-71. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 21
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 72-75. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 22
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 76-79. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 23
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 80-83. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
~ Watch this video on the Aztec Civilization
Lesson 24
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 84-85. Complete the chapter summary exercises.
Chapter 5
Lesson 25
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 86-89. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 26
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 90-93 Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 27
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 94-97. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
Lesson 28
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 98-101. Answer the questions relating to the Inquire and Apply.
~ Watch this video “Journals Through History, Ancient China”
Lesson 29
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 102-103. Complete the chapter summary exercises.
Lesson 30
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Early Societies and Read pages 104-107. Complete the Unit Inquiry exercises.
Unit 2: Canada’s Regions
Lesson 31
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read the cover to page 11 introduction to the text . Answer the Big Ideas questions in your workbook.
Chapter 1
Lesson 32
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 12 -15 . Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 33
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 16-17. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 34
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 18-19 . Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 35
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 20-21 . Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 36
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 22-23. Prepare a summarizing chart in your workbook or online to use through out the unit. Complete the chapter inquiry answering the questions in your workbook.
Chapter 2
Lesson 37
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 24-27. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 38
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 28-29. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 39
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 30-31. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 40
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 32-33. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 41
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 34-35. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Chapter 3
Lesson 42
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 36-39. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 43
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 40-41. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 44
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 42-43. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 45
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 44-45. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 46
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 46-47. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Chapter 4
Lesson 47
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 48-51. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 48
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 52-53. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 49
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 54-55. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 50
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 56-57. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 51
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 58-59. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Chapter 5
Lesson 52
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 60-61. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 53
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 62-63. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 54
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 64-65. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 55
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 66-67. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 56
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 68-69. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 57
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 70-71. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Chapter 6
Lesson 58
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 72-75. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 59
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 76-77. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 60
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 78-79. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 61
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 80-81. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 62
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 82-83. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Chapter 7
Lesson 63
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 84-87. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 64
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 88-89. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 65
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 90-91. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 66
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 92-93. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 67
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 94-95. Answer the Inquire and Apply questions in your workbook.
Lesson 68
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 96-97. Complete the chapter review exercises in your workbook.
Lesson 69
~ Login to the My Nelson Dashboard and select your Grade 4 Social Studies etext. Choose Canada’s Regions and Read pages 98-101. Complete the Unit Inquiry review exercises in your workbook.
**Congratulations! You have finished Social Studies for this year!**